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subiir: The sudoroom collectively brewed beer. | subiir: The sudoroom collectively brewed beer. | ||
= Introduction = | |||
This is subiir 0, the first ever brewed. | This is subiir 0, the first ever brewed. | ||
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This one was brewed with ingredients gotten from the [http://www.oakbarrel.com/ Oak Barrel Winecraft] homebrewing store in Berkeley and a few ingredients gotten for free from Craigslist. A more detailed list will follow. | This one was brewed with ingredients gotten from the [http://www.oakbarrel.com/ Oak Barrel Winecraft] homebrewing store in Berkeley and a few ingredients gotten for free from Craigslist. A more detailed list will follow. | ||
The brewing equipment is in [User:Juul|Juul]'s, [User:Factotum|Factotum]'s and [User:Tunabananas|Tunabanas]' back yard in Oakland. It was designed for outdoor brewing (for minimal and easy cleanup), so is not suitable for brewing at sudoroom's current space. | The brewing equipment is in [[User:Juul|Juul]]'s, [[User:Factotum|Factotum]]'s and [[User:Tunabananas|Tunabanas]]' back yard in Oakland. It was designed for outdoor brewing (for minimal and easy cleanup), so is not suitable for brewing at sudoroom's current space. | ||
= Brewing method = | |||
The | The brewing method was all-grain "brewing in a bag" with a counter-flow chiller for post boil cool-down of the mash. | ||
= Ingredients = | |||
*Primary malt: About 12 pounds pre-ground pale ale malt from Oak Barrel winecraft | *Primary malt: About 12 pounds pre-ground pale ale malt from Oak Barrel winecraft | ||
*Secondary malt: 2 pounds of mystery "specialty malts" free from Craigslist. Appeared lightly roasted. | *Secondary malt: 2 pounds of mystery "specialty malts" free from Craigslist. Appeared lightly roasted. | ||
*Bittering hops: | *Bittering hops: ~20 grams Magnum at 14.5% alpha-acid. | ||
*Flavouring hops: | *Flavouring hops: ~20 grams Cascade at 6.2% alpha-acid. | ||
* | *Aroma hops: ~10 grams Glacier Hops 6% alpha-acid. Free from Craiglist. More than three years old. | ||
= Brewing equipment = | |||
*A converted turkey fryer. | *A converted turkey fryer. | ||
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*Food-safe Home Depot HDPE buckets modified with spigots and airlocks. | *Food-safe Home Depot HDPE buckets modified with spigots and airlocks. | ||
Materials and food safety | = Materials and food safety = | ||
*Food grade stainless steel. | *Food grade stainless steel. | ||
*Unleaded drinking-water grade copper. | *Unleaded drinking-water grade copper. | ||
*NSF 51 food safe high temperature silicone tubing. | *NSF 51 food safe high temperature silicone tubing. | ||
*100% non-dyed ramie cloth | *100% non-dyed ramie cloth (though could the thread be another material?) | ||
*Labeled-as-food-safe HDPE (only contacting mash/beer at low temperatures (< 30 C). | *Labeled-as-food-safe HDPE (only contacting mash/beer at low temperatures (< 30 C). | ||
The sanitizing agent was: Iodofor. | |||
= People = | |||
Contact [[User:Juul|Juul]], [[User:Factotum|Factotum]] or [[User:Tunabananas|Tunabananas]] if you want to learn more or join in the brewing project. | |||
= Carbonation = | |||
The following calculator worked really well for batch #1 (our second batch) | |||
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html | |||
For batch #3, we used 6.4oz of corn sugar (dextrose), translating into 181.5gs, equals 171.70 milliliters (ml / raw sugar) | |||
= Evaluation = | |||
*More light than intended. Less hoppy. Like a warm day for the beach beer. | |||
**Was due to us adding hops at wrong time (too late) during mashing/boil? | |||
*George loved it. Prebought for batch #2. But will likely be disappointed that batch #2 will be much more hoppy. |